Sir Bernard Jenkin MP
Conservative
Harwich and North Essex
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Sir Bernard Jenkin is the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Committee chair additional salary
£11,534
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) · 115 days
£5,767
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) · 115 days
£5,767
Declared outside earnings
£300
2 registered interests published in 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
£300
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£41,420
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Harwich and North Essex
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Harwich and North Essex
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
North Essex
1992-04-09 → 1997-05-01
North Colchester
Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2005-05-10 → 2005-12-08
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
2003-10-01 → 2005-05-10
Shadow Secretary of State (The Regions)
2001-09-01 → 2003-10-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1998-06-19 → 2001-09-01
Shadow Minister (Transport)
1998-01-01 → 1998-06-19
Opposition Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
1997-07-01 → 1998-07-01
Opposition Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales)
Committee memberships
1993-12-06 → 1997-03-21
Social Security
2006-11-27 → 2010-05-06
Defence Committee
2008-03-10 → 2010-05-06
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2010-06-10 → 2015-03-30
Public Administration Committee
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2024-12-04 → present
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-05-20 → 2024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2015-09-10 → 2017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2010-07-19 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2012-12-03 → 2015-03-30
Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
2014-11-06 → 2015-02-03
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
2017-07-12 → 2019-11-06
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2015-06-18 → 2017-05-03
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2017-07-12 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2015-06-18 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2018-05-16 → 2018-07-27
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2018-04-17 → 2018-07-27
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee)
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Committee on Standards
2020-03-02 → 2021-05-25
Public Accounts Committee
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Committee of Privileges
2025-06-11 → present
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
2021-09-22 → 2024-05-30
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2023-06-22 → 2024-05-30
Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2024-10-16 → present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2024-10-14 → present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2024-10-16 → present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2024-10-14 → present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
bernard.jenkin.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 4029 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 4029 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Website
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